General Country Information
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Mergent OnlineFind company financials, competitor and supplier information, recent analyst reports, and more on US and global companies. Also includes industry reports and country snapshots.
GlobalEdge
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GlobalEdgeGlobalEdge is a megasite for international business, trade information, and economic trends. An outline of the business climate, political structure, history, and statistical data is provided for more than 180 countries. Regional and country specific links are included in addition to a general overview of each geographic area.
Databases
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PassportProvides international consumer and market data, including data for many countries on consumer market sizes, market data and forecasts, consumer lifestyles, companies, and brands.
Article Databases
Both Business Source Complete and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry provide country reports from various organizations. Both also include Business Monitor International, which provides data, analysis, ratings, rankings, and forecasts for countries and individual industries.
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Business Source CompleteSearch articles from thousands of business and scholarly journals. In addition, this resource provides access to company profiles, country reports, industry profiles, market research reports, and SWOT analyses. Temporary upgrade to Business Source Ultimate courtesy of EBSCO ended June 30th, 2020
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ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry (ProQuest)Search articles from thousands of business, trade, and scholarly journals.
Brainstorm keywords to search the article databases. Here are some examples:
| Broad term: Politics | Corruption | Taxation |
| Broad term: Environment | Pollution | Natural disasters |
| Broad term: Economy | Recession | Foreign Investments |
| Broad term: Technology | Software piracy | Intellectual Property |
| Broad term: Culture | Family Business | Gender |
Reports
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Doing Business (World Bank)Doing Business provides materials on doing business in a foreign country. Information can be found by topic (starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, closing a business) and by country.
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Guides to Doing Business (Lex Mundi)This association of law firms has gathered downloadable guides to doing business in many countries
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